London, 13 October 2009 

... Commodities Remain Top Performing Asset Class Over 10 Years. 

• ETFS Nickel up 55% in 3Q09 making it the best performing ETC, followed by energy ETCs including ETFS Crude Oil (up 26.3%).

• ETFS Forward All Commodities DJ-UBSCI-F3SM up 12% during 3Q09 The buy/sell ratio was highest for ETCs tracking agriculture and precious metals during the quarter.

• Strongest flows into gold and natural gas ETCs over Q3 with gold continuing to reach record highs. Industrial metals and agriculture inflows maintained momentum from 1H09.

• ETFS All Commodities was 4th most popular ETC as investors continue to diversify into commodities, the top performing asset class over the past 10 years.

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